Seb's Development Journey

Using the latest microsoft-graph-client in SPFx

Sun, 18 Apr 2021 18:24:46 +0000

Lately, I’ve been looking at improving at understanding some of the challenges of developers when it comes to Microsoft Graph development, especially in the OneDrive and SharePoint space, including the SharePoint Framework. When we are looking at the simplicity that provides the SharePoint Framework when it comes to using the Microsoft Graph, it looks amazing, maybe a little bit magical! And that is why I love this technology!

New journey ahead... Joining the Microsoft Graph team!

Fri, 13 Nov 2020 19:05:00 +0000

This year has been such as roller coaster! From the Pandemic, to the lockdowns, to the work from home… We’ve been through a lot! And it looks like that this was not enough action for me! 😁

Free Webinar: Build your first Microsoft Teams App without a single line of code!

Tue, 18 Aug 2020 20:51:32 +0000

On August 20th at 1PM ET, I’ll be hosted by my good friend Vlad Catrinescu, Microsoft MVP, for a webinar where you will learn how to build a Microsoft Teams app without a single line of code!

Find all pages utilizing the Microsoft 365 Learning Pathways web part

Sat, 06 Jun 2020 00:32:44 +0000

An interesting thread was initiated by Loryan Strant on Twitter. That sparked an idea, and finally, a potentially very easy solution!

[Office 365 Sparx] Use the forceLocale parameter to debug Localizations in SPFx

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 07:31:41 +0000

Office 365 Sparx

This video is part of a video series of quick tips and tricks about the overall SharePoint and Office 365 space. Less writing, short videos, to the point. The idea is that after 2 or 3 minutes of watching time, your can already benefit from the content I’m sharing.

Renewed as an Office Development MVP for a 5th time!

Tue, 02 Jul 2019 23:23:18 +0000

There is one day every year that is stressful (but very exciting at the same time!) for MVPs : July 1st! This year was no difference and I’m happy to announce that I was awarded the Ofice Development MVP for a 5th consecutive year!

[Office 365 Sparx] How to search for your Hubsite data using the SharePoint Search API

Tue, 23 Apr 2019 23:13:35 +0000

Office 365 Sparx

[Office 365 Sparx] How to use the Browser Preview VS Code extension with #SPFx

Wed, 23 Jan 2019 04:41:00 +0000

Office 365 Sparx

[Office 365 Sparx] How to stay updated on #SPFx using Twitter

Sat, 19 Jan 2019 22:18:27 +0000

Office 365 Sparx

[Office 365 Sparx] How to add a call to action to a Hero WebPart Tile layout

Fri, 04 Jan 2019 22:18:01 +0000

2019 is just starting and I wanted to start sharing more “tidbits” about my daily work and tips and tricks that I find along the way! I know I’ve not been sharing here a lot lately and I want to apologize! This year, I’ll be a lot more sharing about everything about Office 365 and SharePoint Online, especially on some aspects of its usage but also about development and configuration stuff!

Create a Modern Team site without an Office 365 Group using PnP PowerShell

Thu, 02 Aug 2018 02:15:41 +0000

I was so excited when this was announced! Modern Team Sites without an Office 365 Group are out! We love Office 365 Groups, but sometimes, it’s not possible, or it’s not built for our scenario… So the SharePoint team changed the things a bit and made it available to the masses!

Getting all your Hub content using Search

Tue, 27 Mar 2018 02:42:00 +0000

Yay! Hubsites are out and we are very (very) excited! This new way or organizing your site content will be very useful to help in a flat information architecture and the fact that some built-in features are built to roll-up content from all your connected content is incredible!

SharePoint Framework & Angular Elements : Using Office UI Fabric Core

Tue, 05 Dec 2017 19:34:36 +0000

One of the great feature of the SharePoint Framework ecosystem is the availability of the Office UI Fabric. What is great with this set of components is that it is easy to include in Office applications (client, web) and in SharePoint as it shares the same UI philosophy and it simplifies the development of those experiences.

SharePoint Framework & Angular Elements : Using Google Material Design

Tue, 05 Dec 2017 18:58:35 +0000

One of the great feature of Angular is the easiness to use third party libraries. There are tons of open source libraries that can make you more productive while you are writing your code. On of my favorite (especially because I simple can’t make things pretty) is Angular Material, the Angular implementation of Google Material Design. And even better, it fits nicely with Angular Elements withing your SharePoint Framework webparts!

SharePoint Framework & Angular Elements : Mocking your data

Mon, 04 Dec 2017 22:30:58 +0000

You now have access to data directly in your browser! It’s amazing and that will make you successful building great experiences to your connected data within SharePoint! Though, I really think that one of the most amazing pieces of the SharePoint Framework is to be able to test and execute it in a local environment. To support those scenarios, it is important to be able to give a representation of your data to simplifying the development experience. This blog post is all about mocking your data using the Angular mechanisms.

SharePoint Framework & Angular Elements : Connecting to your SharePoint data

Sun, 03 Dec 2017 23:18:00 +0000

Your first webpart now works but how cool would it be if you could leverage some data that exists in your Office 365 data? If you’re thinking like me, you’re at the right spot!

SharePoint Framework & Angular Elements : Building your first Web Part

Sat, 02 Dec 2017 21:34:00 +0000

Now that you are excited by the introduction of Angular Elements, a Google technology that enables us, Enterprise Developers, to use Angular as a Development tool rather than a full blown framework, how cool would it be to start using it TODAY, using its current alpha/beta release? Well, you’re at the right place!

I'm killing the SPFx Angular Boilerplate... And it's a good thing!

Fri, 01 Dec 2017 20:39:00 +0000

A bit of background

I’ve been working in the last few months to understand better the integration possibilities between Angular and the famous SharePoint Framework and I had a lot of fun discovering this landscape! I’ve been building some kind of a workaround with the help of some resources being made available by Microsoft a couple of months ago (funny story, I’m writing this blog post at the exact same coffee shop in a suburb of Montreal where that journey started 10 months ago) and I’ve been touring with a session to show that it was indeed possible to play with Angular and SharePoint, even though I was not recommending it for anyone who wanted to push that code to production. It was more a proof of concept than a future-proof approach. We had great conversations with Andrew Connell, Waldek Mastykarz, Marc D. Anderson and even a couple of debates with Sahil Malik. Even though it was a great learning resource (especially for anyone wanting to try out Angular in a SharePoint context), this solution had to die, some day…

SharePoint Framework and Angular - Walkthrough of the SPFx Angular Boilerplate

Tue, 01 Aug 2017 18:00:00 +0000

In this post, we will cover the general concepts used to make the SharePoint Framework Angular Boilerplate work and how it solves the challenges that were preventing the production use of both technologies together.

SharePoint Framework and Angular - Introducing the SPFx Angular Boilerplate

Mon, 31 Jul 2017 17:04:00 +0000

So… This had to happen. Being an Office Developer and using Angular as my main UI framework, I really wanted to find a solution for supporting Angular in the modern SharePoint development toolchain, the SharePoint Framework. I’ve been starting my journey where Microsoft left (the angular2-prototype proof-of-concept that was created by some of the Microsoft folks) and made sure we can improve it to make it usable and supportable in the long run.

OneDrive for Business... In your own language!

Thu, 02 Feb 2017 02:24:00 +0000

So! I joined an awesome team at Valo Intranet recently and I’m super excited of what we are cooking to make you fall in love with your intranet! Even though thing are going fairly smoothly over there, one very specific Office 365 feature was making me go crazy, every single day!

The aOS Canadian Tour : In a city near you!

Wed, 18 Jan 2017 20:14:32 +0000

My next speaking engagement is gonna be an epic one! A good friend of mine, Luc Labelle from Kabesa and 2 awesome MVPs from Ottawa and Toronto (Rez Khamis and Mike Maadarani), with the help of several other MVPs from all over Canada, are throwing an amazing series of events during the second week of February. From February 6th until February 10th, we will be travelling from Quebec City to Toronto (which is 807 km!) in a bus to meet SharePoint, Office 365 and Microsoft Cloud enthusiasts!

A new challenge is ahead of me - Joining Valo

Mon, 16 Jan 2017 20:45:30 +0000

It’s been a while since I posted here, but I am looking into getting back to blogging rapidly! In the meantime, a lot of great thing happened and I wanted to recap the last couple of months.

SharePoint Saturday Quebec 2016

Mon, 03 Oct 2016 18:44:40 +0000

What a great weekend we just had! It was the first edition of the SharePoint Saturday Quebec and we can conclude is was a real success! Even though this event is a fairly small one, I think attendees were delighted with the quality of the sessions and also with the logistics (venue, meals, etc.).

Renewed as an Office Development MVP!

Mon, 03 Oct 2016 06:59:19 +0000

October 1st is always a special day… A very special and stressful day! When I was first awarded in 2014 on the SharePoint platform, it was a total surprise and I was so proud! Then, every year, I really want to be renewd but I am always stressed!

Your OfficeDev sessions for Microsoft Ignite 2016

Mon, 26 Sep 2016 07:13:47 +0000

We can’t wait! Today Microsoft Ignite is starting and we want to learn everything about the future of the Office & SharePoint Development. This article lists all the sessions I find interesting for any Office and/or SharePoint developer. I will update this article with the recording of the sessions when they become available.

SharePoint Saturday Toronto 2016

Mon, 01 Aug 2016 19:11:26 +0000

Last month, on July 9th, I had the privilege to travel to Tonronto for the latest edition of SharePoint Saturday Toronto! It was also for me the chance to meet in person for the first time my new team at 2toLead!

DevTeach 2016

Tue, 12 Jul 2016 18:51:00 +0000

Last week, on July 7th, I had the privilege to speak at a local Development Conference called DevTeach to a very passionate audience! I gave a hands-on session on AngularJS and its integration with the Microsoft Graph.

Introducing the OfficeHub

Sat, 18 Jun 2016 16:00:00 +0000

I’ve been doing lots of demos around a custom AngularJS application I built since a year that is called the OfficeHub. This application gives you a pretty good example on how you can integrate yourself with the Microsoft Graph using AngularJS 1.5. This blog posts will give you an overview of the application while the following posts are giving a step-by-step guide on how you can get from nothing to a complete Single Page Application connecting to the Microsoft Graph :

MSDEVMTL : Introduction to the Microsoft Graph and Office 365 Development

Thu, 09 Jun 2016 18:58:00 +0000

Last week, on June 7th, I had the privilege to speak at a local User Group called MSDEVMTL that I co-host to a crowd of non-Office 365 developers! It was very interesting to go out and speak with developers that are not in the collaboration / productivity space. I gave a hands-on session on Office Developement and the Microsoft Graph.

SPC Adriatics 2016

Sat, 04 Jun 2016 22:59:28 +0000

When I left Paris for the SPC Adriatics in Zagreb, I knew that this week was going to be epic. But I did not think that it was going to as epic as is was. I did experience a conference that I would score 10/10. It was just perfect, every details were polished and I met a lot of awesome people, both attendees and speakers in the different events around the conference. Adis, Toni, Nenad and Branka did an amazing job organizing a conference that will stick in minds of people that attended. They made it huge for the attendees (an impressive speakers lineup, an awesome venue and great food!) and huge for the speakers (awesome theme around Star Wars, great speaker social events and great to see and make new friends from all around the world!).

SharePoint Saturday Houston 2016

Fri, 15 Apr 2016 16:00:00 +0000

Last week, on April 9th, I had the privilege to travel to the vibrant city of Houston. I had the priviledge to be selected as a speaker at their latest SharePoint Saturday Houston! I gave a deep-dive session on the Microsoft Graph.

SharePoint Saturday Vancouver 2016

Tue, 15 Mar 2016 19:34:00 +0000

Last week, on March 12th, I had the privilege to visit for the first time Vancouver (and have great family time with my cousin) for SharePoint Saturday Vancouver! I gave a hands-on session on AngularJS and its integration with the Microsoft Graph.

MVPDays Community Roadshow 2015

Mon, 07 Mar 2016 17:00:00 +0000

Last week, on March 4th, I had the privilege to give a session at home, in beautiful Montreal! I had the priviledge to be selected as a speaker at their latest MVPDays Community Roadshow! I gave a hands-on session on AngularJS and its integration with the Microsoft Graph.

yOS Tour Lyon 2015

Wed, 16 Dec 2015 18:00:00 +0000

Last week, on December 11th, I had the privilege to travel abroad and to visit the wonderful city of Lyon in France. I was invited by the team behind the yOS Tour to give a session called “Introduction à AngularJS pour Office 365”. Weird enough, I hadn’t given any french talk since a long moment and it was special to have the chance to speak to a crowd in my firsrt language! The event was absolutely amazing and our host, Étienne Baily, gave us a very good feeling of the city during the speaker dinner!

SharePoint Saturday Ottawa 2015

Wed, 25 Nov 2015 18:00:00 +0000

Last week, on November 21st, I had the privilege to hold a session during SharePoint Saturday Ottawa that was called “Office 365 and PowerShell - A match made in heaven”. This session was mainly targeting developers and IT Pros on how to integrate PowerShell code with the Office 365 APIs.

Speaking at SharePoint Saturday Ottawa 2015

Wed, 18 Nov 2015 14:32:40 +0000

Next Saturday, on November 21st, I will have the privilege to hold a session in Ottawa during next SharePoint Saturday! I am attending this event since its first edition and it has always been a great event, with world-class speakers, useful content and awesome interactions with the attendees.

European SharePoint Conference 2015

Fri, 13 Nov 2015 22:45:00 +0000

Last week, from November 9th to 12th, I had the privilege to host a session at the latest European SharePoint Conference in the amazing city of Stockholm! I was part of the Office Development track and presented on AngularJS and its integration with the Microsoft Graph.

#Office365Dev sessions during #ESPC15

Tue, 10 Nov 2015 09:48:30 +0000

Being mainly focusing on Office Development around SharePoint and Office 365, I thought it would be useful to me to follow the list of sessions that are targeting #Office365Dev during next week’s European SharePoint Conference ! So here’s the programme on the #Office365Dev side that I will surely be following very closely!

Let's connect at #ESPC15

Sat, 07 Nov 2015 01:07:58 +0000

A quick post today to invite you to connect with me and 100+ more speakers from around the globe during the European SharePoint Conference 2015! If you are still not sure if you need to attend the event, I have 3 very good reasons that will help you take a decision!

Collab365 2015

Tue, 13 Oct 2015 17:30:00 +0000

Last week, on October 7th and 8th, I had the privilege at an amazing online event; Collab 365! I gave a hands-on session on AngularJS and its integration with the Microsoft Graph and the integration of the Microsoft Graph with PowerShell.

European SharePoint Conference Webinar

Sat, 22 Aug 2015 15:15:00 +0000

Last week, on August 15th, I had the privilege to hold a webinaire with the European SharePoint Community that was called “Office 365 and PowerShell : A match made in heaven”. This session was mainly targeting developers and IT Pros on how to integrate PowerShell code with the Office 365 APIs.

Webinar - Office 365 & PowerShell : A match made in heaven

Tue, 18 Aug 2015 16:42:59 +0000

Tomorrow (August 19th 2015, 9AM EST), I will have the privilege to present a 60-minutes Webinar hosted by the folks at the European SharePoint Community. This webinar will cover how we can manage, maintain and monitor our Office 365 environment (especially our SharePoint Online) with PowerShell with the help of the Office 365 API.

SharePoint Saturday New York 2015

Thu, 06 Aug 2015 20:40:14 +0000

Last weekend, I had the pleasure to host a session during the very popular SharePoint Saturday New York City 2015! This session was all about PowerShell and how you can leverage your own Office 365 data in a scripted way.

I'm speaking at the European SharePoint Conference 2015 !

Mon, 03 Aug 2015 21:34:34 +0000

In case you missed it, the European SharePoint Conference 2015 programme is now available and I’m delighted to announce that I am speaking at Europe’s largest SharePoint and office 365 event in Stockholm Sweden from 9th-12th November 2015.

MVP Virtual Conference - AngularJS and the Office 365 Unified API

Tue, 14 Jul 2015 16:52:00 +0000

During last MVP Virtual Conference that took place May 14th and May 15th 205, I had the chance to host a session with a good friend of mine, Vincent Biret, that was about how we can leverage the Office 365 Unified API from an AngularJS application. I learned a ton of stuff preparing for this session because the initial goal was to talk about the Office 365 API, but not the Unified version of the APIs… Then during Build, the Office 365 Unified APIs were announced, and decided to jump into the Preview and use this set of tools for my session!

I'm speaking at SharePoint Saturday New York 2015 !

Mon, 13 Jul 2015 11:31:12 +0000

During the day of the 25th of July 2015, I will have the chance and honour to host a session during the SharePoint Saturday that will be hosted in New York City!

Office 365 PowerShell : Calling the Office 365 API Endpoints

Sun, 28 Jun 2015 21:18:59 +0000

Since I’ve been working with the new Office 365 API, I always wanted to try if I could get PowerShell to call the Office 365 API Endpoints and therefore establish any kind of connection with the service. Thanks to the simplicity of the APIs and how it is build in Azure Active Directory, it was easier than I thought !

SPBiz 2015 : A real success !

Fri, 19 Jun 2015 04:24:33 +0000

I had the pleasure and privilege to hold a session during last SPBiz Conference. It was a great experience and I had a blast exchanging with lots of Business users about the SharePoint story about forms and authoring experiences.